Table 3. Costs Associated with TB investigation and Care in Nunavut, Canada.

(2014 $CAD).

Description	Value (2014 $CAD)	Source
Initial TB assessment Iqaluit (1 MD visit)	64.49	Nunavut Health Department
Chest x-ray in Nunavut in a hospital or remote community	67.32
-Technician Fee: 15-min appointment	10.14	Qikiqtani General Hospital
-Two films (two views)	6.13	Qikiqtani General Hospital
-Radiologic Interpretation in Ottawa	51.06	[23]
Spontaneous sputum collection Nunavut in a hospital or remote community	3.49
-Sending South	3.02	First Air Cargo Division
-Cups	0.47	Fischer Scientific
Sputum induction in Iqaluit	96.00	[21]
Analysis of sputum
If result is negative	29.04
-Base sputum analysis fee for 3 samples	29.04	Gamma Dynacare Ottawa
If result is positive	80.09
-Base sputum analysis fee for 3 samples	29.04	Gamma Dynacare Ottawa
-1 PCR probe if positive	51.05	Gamma Dynacare Ottawa
Hospitalization per day in Iqaluit, Nunavut	2463.23
-Hospitalization Qikiqtani General Hospital	2463.23	Nunavut Health Department
Mean Days spent in hospital for TB treatment initiation in Iqaluit, Nunavut	14	Nunavut Health Department
Initial TB assessment in a remote community in Nunavut	23.83
-Nurse fee for TB assessment (20 mins / assessment at 70.01/hr—range for hourly wage 52.74–87.30)	23.83	[24]
Administering DOT in Nunavut	1410.04
-Nurse fee for 104 DOT administrations (10 mins/visit)	1410.04	[24]
Drugs for TB therapy	432.15	Qikiqtani General Hospital
Follow up following treatment initiation	146.27
-5 visits with Nurse (20 mins/visit)	119.16	[24]
-5 Liver Function Tests (5.31 each)	27.11	Nunavut Health Department
From remote community to Iqaluit, Medical Evacuation	10000	Assumption
From Iqaluit to remote community, flight home	1428.83	First Air (Average common return fare to/from Iqaluit)